Nintendo E3 2011 Keynote: Wii U revealed

Nintendo has set up at the Nokia Theater to reveal their Project Café platform and future game line-up for Wii and 3DS.

9:05: Nintendo begins with a montage of Zelda clips and a song performed by an orchestra. 2011 is The Legend of Zelda's 25th anniversary.

9:09: Montage shows footage of Skyward Sword. Link is seen riding on some large birds. Shigeru Miyamoto steps up.

9:11: The song played was Skyward Sword's theme. The orchestra plays a few familiar sound effects. Miyamoto follows along with some hand movements. Miyamoto doesn't hold back how happy he is to be there.

9:15: The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure will be available as free DSiWare in September. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is on sale through the 3DS eShop starting today.

9:16: Skyward Sword debuts in the holiday 2011 season along with a special gold-colored Wii Remote Plus.

9:18: Nintendo is hosting worldwide Zelda symphony concerts to celebrate Zelda's 25th Anniversary. In addition, Ocarina of Time soundtracks will be given to those who register Ocarina of Time 3D with Club Nintendo early. Various other activites are planned.

9:21: Orchestra belts out a short Skyward Sword tune. Both themes they've played sound dramatic. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata steps to the stage.

9:24: Iwata mentions their next platform is intended to appeal to a wider audience than Wii.

It looks pretty bad IMO. I haven't used it, but that controller set up looks uncomfortable and stressful. They are realeasing some core games, but most developers will ignore the system because they won't want to develop a special version of the game to work with the controller, which might hurt Nintendo.

Hey, you guys are all saying 'bleeegh' 'oh no' and 'it fails', but fact is that this Nintendo project is JUST that what you all could have expected: some totally new, almost revolutionary idea for a console. It's exactly the same as what they did at their previous releases of the ds, 3ds and wii. THEY have the guts for this things, UNLIKE that unorginal developers like Sony and Microsoft. The only 'new' stuff they can think of are 'better graphics, better graphics, BETTER GRAPHICS!!!'. Nintendo hasn't got the most famous titles like mario, and zelda and pokemon just for nothing, you know.